A goal to minimize use of fossil fuel energy.
75% of the energy produced in the United States is from the combustion of fossil fuels. This process of generating energy impacts the environment in many negative ways including: release of greenhouse gases into the atmosphere, air pollution, water pollution, accumulation of solid waste, land degradation, and human illness. To alleviate these negative impacts, we must reduce the demand for fossil fuels. The Advanced Business and Technology Education Center employs several methods of doing so.
Optimized Energy Performance &
Enhanced Refrigeration Management
Obviously, any building is going to require resources like energy and refrigerant (for cooling the building) to function. The more resources required by a building, the more that building can negatively impact the environment. However, if certain systems, products, construction methods, and resource management procedures are followed, a building can use less resources and still function as required.
The Advanced Business and technology Education Center uses state of the art systems to produce buildings that not only function well, but also save resources compared to a similar baseline buildings.
Green Power
In the United States, commercial and residential buildings alone account for 80% of the total electricity expenditures and 39% of all CO2 emissions.
In cooperation with our electrical providers, our green and renewable energy credit, generated by the renewable projects as SPCEI, are providing renewable energy credits (RECs) to offset our carbon emissions.